'Farthing' definitions:

Definition of 'farthing'

noun

A former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny

From: GCIDE

Farthing \Far"thing\, n. [OE. furthing, AS. fe['o]r[eth]ung, fr. fe['o]r[eth]a fourth, fe['o]r, fe['o]wer, four. See Four.]
1. The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency. [1913 Webster]
2. A very small quantity or value. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
In her cup was no farthing seen of grease. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
3. A division of land. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Thirty acres make a farthing land; nine farthings a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee. --R. Carew. [1913 Webster]

Farthing
Matt. 10:29; Luke 12:6. Greek assarion, i.e., a small _as_, which was a Roman coin equal to a tenth of a denarius or drachma, nearly equal to a halfpenny of our money.
Matt. 5:26; Mark 12:42 (Gr. kodrantes), the quadrant, the fourth of an _as_, equal to two lepta, mites. The lepton (mite) was the very smallest copper coin.